Ikeda Manabu

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By Zolton in New Art on Thursday 12 March 2009

Japanese artist Ikeda Manabu creates the most detailed, expressive, and awe inspiring artwork which literally rolls across the canvas with subtle colours amidst waterless wave-like formations. Each work is constructed upon a series of intricate miniatures which play out across broader themes of unrest and movement.

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Steven LaRose

Gerry Mak Reader Find

By Gerry Mak in New Art on Saturday 13 September 2008

Steven LaRose’s abstract, inky paintings and drawings are a modern interpretation of Japanese textile and scroll art. While not directly representational, except for some repeated flower-like shapes, LaRose’s images are like apparitions, vaguely hinting at more tangible and recognizable forms.

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David Choe

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By Gerry Mak in New Art on Sunday 16 March 2008

LA-based renaissance man David Choe draws from toy culture and comics as much as he does from Japanese painting and conceptual high art.

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Kumi Yamashita

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By Julia Hennock in New Art on Thursday 27 December 2007

If I had a third thumb, I’d give Kumi Yamashita three thumbs up. The Japanese artist creates stunning visual effects with lighting and simple forms, like letters of the alphabet, children’s blocks, and shoeprints. Yamashita finds the rare balance between beauty and brains.

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